Braiding or plaiting machine



June 29 1926.

A. BAEGE BRAIDING OR PLAITING MACHINE .'5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 2l,1925 /n vento;1

Jun 29, 1926.

A. BAEGE BRAIDING 0R PLAITING MACHINE Filed Sept. 21, 1925 3Sheets-Sheet 5 /nventom H Ba e' Bf 7m@ w Patented June 29, 1926.

Unirse .STATES A1,590,119 PATENT eprice.

AnoLr Birnen, or :BEanIn-onnnsnennwnrnn, GERMANY- BRAIDING on rnarrrive'MACHNE Application led September 21', 1925,Seria1 No. 57,787, and inGermany .October 13, 1924.

rlhis invention relates to braiding machines in which ytwo ,groups ofspools revolve with equal velocities but in `opposite directions roundthe braiding centre, and s the threads coming from one of spools, arebeaten by slides moved radially in relation to the airis of themachine., the said slides being provided with threadguides, between thespools of the other group. The essential feature fof Ythe inventionconsists in the fact that each slide has a driving lever which is movedby means of a stationary ring provided with controlling surfaces.

llVith 'this construction lof the machine it is possible to attain ahigh velocity in the mot-ion of the slides without the angle ofinclination of the controlling surfaces be Y coming too great, and inthis way `causing 2U shocks tothe gearing. The high slide velocityenables the angular velocity of the groups of spools to be increasedthereby in creasing the output. At the same time the `lhread isprotected from damage because between the state of restand the maximumvelocity of the thread there Vis a graduated transition. L

in the accompanying' `drawings the invcntion is illustrated by way vofexample.

Figure l is a partial sectional eleva-tion of the machine.

Figure 2 is a partial plan.

. Figure 3 shows a partial sectional elevation on an enlarged scale.

et is `a vertical partial sect-ion through another form of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section corresponding to Fig. i.

The machine consists of a stationary foot u in which is journalle-d ahollow shaft t) which'encloses a stationary hollow axle c. On the hollowshaft b is mounted a second hollow shaft d. rlhe two shafts b and cl aredriven in the same direction by means of bevel wheels e, f and g,respectively from a driving shaft z'.

The bevel wheel g receives its motion from the bevel wheel f through themedium of a pair of spur wheels le, Z which are in the ratio of 1:3.

At the upper end of the hollow shaft (Z is arranged a disc m and at theupper end of the shaft Z) is arranged a` disc n. The disc fm is rigidlyconnected with a. further disc 55 o. The disc 0 is provided with guidesy) and K g for segmental slides r. These slides r are provided on theunderside with teeth and in these teeth there :engage radially arranged.toothed wheels Vs which on the othery side mesh with a toothed rimconstructed on the disc The disc fo `further, comprises guides forradially Jdirected slides fw. These are in the shapel of a channel fopenat the bottom and are drivenby ymeans of levers 'v and rlink rods Thelevers o are pivoted on blocks .e which project radially outwards on thed-i-sc o. The levers carry a projection e provided with a Yroller y. Theroller is pressed by the action of a spring 2 against `a stationaryfri-ng 3 the inner edge-fof which is provided with cani surfaces 4:.Said ring is removably arranged `upon columns 1'3", so that it rcan beexchanged a ring with other cam surfaces for the purpose of producingsev-eral designs. p

f llili-thin the stationary .ring 3 second stationary ring 3 maybearranged. The ring 3 has cani surfaces il Ion its enteredge.corresponding to v:the cani surfaces 4 of the ring so that a groovevformed for the rollers .y lof the levers rv. The spring 2 is omitted.

Both the rings 3 and 3l may be formed in one 4piece as shown i-n Fig.4l.

The radial slides u carry tubes 5 which serve as guides for thethreads/7 coming from the spools 6. The spools 6 are supported kolii-theunderside of the discs m by means of the `blocks 8, Y

The segmental slides r carry upright `spools 9. The threads l()vdelivered by these spools and the threads 7 run towards the Vbraidingcentre, not shown, at the upper The' end of the stationary hollowaxllec. method of working of the machine is as follows:

By lmeans of the driving shaft i the two discs m and n are set inrotation, the disc n having twice the angular 4velocity of the disc m.Consequently the toothed rim t on the disc n can set in rotation thetoothed wheels s and'hence the segmental slides move round the aXis ofthe machine in their guides y) and g, which revolve with the disc m, inthe opposite direction to the discs m and fn. Consequently the spools 6and the spools 9 revolve round the axis of the machine with the samevelocity but in opposite directions. The thread-guide 5`is displacedinwards by means of the cam surfaces 4 and of the lever o from theposition shown in Figure 3 as soon as two spools 9 have traveled pastit. l't remains in this position (Figure l to the f guides on saidslides, said radially moved slides being adapted to beat the threadsco1n-v ing from one of said groups of spools between the spools oli' theother of said groups, a drivfing lever for moving each of said radiallymoved slides, a stationary ring, surrounding the body of the machine,and cam surfaces 'on said ring for 'actuating Vsaid driving levers.

2. A braiding 'machine comprising two groups of spools rotating roundthe braiding centre of the machine with the same velocity but indifferent directions, slides 'moved radially to the aXis of the machine,

thread guides on said slides, said radially moved slides, being adaptedto beat the threads coming from one of said groups of 'spools betweenthe spools or the other of said groups, a driving lever for moving eachot' said radially moved slides, a stationary ring, surrounding the bodyof the machine, and cam surfaces on the inner edge of said ring foractuating said driving levers, means orpressing the ends of said drivinglevers against said cam surfaces.

3. A braiding machine comprising two groups of spools rotating round thebraiding centre of the machine with the samevelocity but in differentdirections, slides moved radially to the aXis of the machine, threadguidesvon said slides, said radially Avmoved slides being adapted toVbeat the threads coming from one of said groups of Lescurek spoolsbetween the spools of the other of said groups, a driving lever formoving each of said radially moved slides, a stationary ring,surrounding the bodyof the machine, and cam surfaces on the inner edgesof said ring a secondstationary ring surrounded by the lirst stationaryring and having cam surfaces on its outer edge,saidlcam surfaces of boththe rings forming a groove :tor actuating said driving levers. l

4. A braiding machine comprising two groups of spools rotating round thebraiding centre of the machine with the saine velocity but in differentdirections, slides having the form of an inverted channel moved radiallyto the axis of the machine, vertical pipes on said slides for guidingthe threads coming from one of said groups of spools, said pipesextending up to the upper end of the spools of the other group saidradially moved slides being adapted to beat the threads coming from theiirst of said groups of spools'between the spools of the other of saidgroups, a driving lever for moving each of said radially moved slides,ay stationary ring, sur rounding the body of the machine, and camsurfaces on said ring for actuating said driving levers. f

5. A braiding machine comprising two groups of spools rotating round thebraiding centre of the machine with the same velocity but vin differentdirections, slides moved radially to the axis of the machine, threadguides on said slides, said radially .moved kslides v'being adapted tobeat the threads coming from one ot said groups of spools between thespools of the other of said groups, a driving'lever for moving each ofsaid radially moved slides, an exchangeable stationary ring surroundingthe body of the machine, columns for supporting said ring,

'and cam surfaces on said ring yfor actuating said driving levers.

In ytestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication.

- ADOLF BAEGE.

